[The Slim Reaper]

Been playing a bit of Spider-Man 2. Only played a couple of hours so far, but loving it.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Been playing a bit of Spider-Man 2. Only played a couple of hours so far, but loving it.

T'was excellent. Not a huge step up in terms of graphics or gameplay from SM1 Remastered/Miles Morales (though the wing suit is amazing) and -- I'm just going to say it -- MJ being able to take out Hunters so easily was just silly however overall the game is a prime example of what Sony gaming and Insomniac do best. Story, pacing and combat all spot on. Just a very well-polished, refined experience.


Also playing Starfield which is... err... a very unpolished, unrefined experience. I suspect that, as with Elder Scrolls and Fallout, it'll be a great game in a few years once modders have had some time with it. It feels a touch empty at launch TBH.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

T'was excellent. Not a huge step up in terms of graphics or gameplay from SM1 Remastered/Miles Morales (though the wing suit is amazing) and -- I'm just going to say it -- MJ being able to take out Hunters so easily was just silly however overall the game is a prime example of what Sony gaming and Insomniac do best. Story, pacing and combat all spot on. Just a very well-polished, refined experience.


Also playing Starfield which is... err... a very unpolished, unrefined experience. I suspect that, as with Elder Scrolls and Fallout, it'll be a great game in a few years once modders have had some time with it. It feels a touch empty at launch TBH.

I really enjoyed it too.

Agree with the MJ stuff. This was me playing as Miles or Peter



Then MJ comes along and is able to one shot everyone. I played on the hardest difficulty and whilst it was hardly a souls game in terms of challenge, it was still way more challenging playing as the dudes with superpowers

Wasn't a fan of the ending and them completely swapping out spider-men for future games, but I loved using the venom powers and made for a nice change to repetitive combat (at times). and I think they'll prob bring peter back as the sidekick for some main missions in SM3

A perfect single player game. Could have done with it being a bit longer considering the wait between games, but I'm only picking round the edges to find faults at this point.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I really enjoyed it too.

Agree with the MJ stuff. This was me playing as Miles or Peter



Then MJ comes along and is able to one shot everyone. I played on the hardest difficulty and whilst it was hardly a souls game in terms of challenge, it was still way more challenging playing as the dudes with superpowers

Wasn't a fan of the ending and them completely swapping out spider-men for future games, but I loved using the venom powers and made for a nice change to repetitive combat (at times). and I think they'll prob bring peter back as the sidekick for some main missions in SM3

A perfect single player game. Could have done with it being a bit longer considering the wait between games, but I'm only picking round the edges to find faults at this point.

Don't know if you watched the "mid credits scenes" but if so, the girl that comes to Miles' appartment (his mum's new boyfriend's daughter) is apparently likely to become "Silk" - another of the Marvel Spider-powers family - so my guess would be either DLC or a Miles Morales-style "smaller" full game with Miles and Silk as the two characters with Pete as phone-support.

Honestly for full SM3 (likely several years away) I don't think they'd do a main line entry without Peter Parker Spidey ... so I think he'll be coming out of retirement for that. Especially as Harry Osborne Green Goblin seems a likely villain. Maybe it'll even be all three Spiderfolk.

[Nicky91]

Star Trek Resurgence


alright interesting game, anyone who is a fan of TNG will deffo love this



quite a cool storyline indeed

Spoiler:

so federation initially being sent to the Hotari homeworld to try and bring peace between Hotari and the Alydians, however you find out the Hotari are the aggressor against the more powerful Alydians (whom are too scared to fight back for some reason)

so after doing further investigation, with one hotari woman as your ally (Tylas) we find out the Hotari

Spoiler:

have got ancient Tkonian technology, which are Tkonian crystals, containing actual tkonian lifeforms, whom the Hotari use to take over several bodies of Alydians, and also quite some federation personnel, -tbh this is why Galvan was so interested in getting to know more about starfleet's arsenal of warships-

all in all, very nice and also cool you

Spoiler:

play as two different characters, Commander Jara Rydek and also Petty Officer Carter Diaz

Piotr Michael's performance as

Spoiler:

Spock

truly out of this world amazing, really captures the likeness of Leonard Nimoy very well



i love it even more than Elite Force some parts are quite difficult but they are like sort of ''puzzles'' where you have to pay close attention how to act in fight scenes or stealth scenes



dialogue wise

Spoiler:

you can gain someone's trust among your crew, or you can vilify someone from you depending on what answers you give

[Nicky91]

also it's following up after the TNG episode ''The Last Outpost''

where the

Spoiler:

USS Enterprise D and a Ferengi Marauder are trapped in some weird ion storm which prevents warp travel, near the planet Delphi Ardu IV

also has the character

Spoiler:

Portal 63

reprising his role from that episode

[Nicky91]

F1 2023

my first race ended in disastah LMAO

i was in 1st place, i could've won it if not for stupid 3 second time penalties, 2 of those, it got me ending in 11th (outside the points) and my teammate Vips finished in 21st (last place, since Tsunoda DNF'd)




now Saudi first practice

Juri finishing in 21st, 6 seconds ahead of me in 22nd and last place, what, well i did kinda like the track, very fast, although some bits where i went too far off the track again, and whenever i brake earlier i lose precious time but i make cleaner laps


so hopeful for the race maybe that i could gain some places but now i know how Minardi felt like being back of the grid cannon fodder (although we're newcomers so)

[Nicky91]

i am playing as Andretti-Lamborghini, with a renault engine, with a french sponsor deal


my driver name is Johnny Herbert, and i kinda picked Juri Vips as my teammate because i know him from the Red Bull academy, but there are also interesting free agents up for grabs so i might swap him when i have more money for a legend like Hakkinen or a F2 title contender like Pourchaire

[Nicky91]

saudi quali for my andretti-lamborghini

we narrowly survived Q1 (14th)

but got eliminated in Q2

my team mate Juri in P11 and me in P12 (so stuck in the middle of the pack)



but how stupid am i, go for more speed rather than more downforce no wonder i went roughly through every corner, and with downforce it went smoothly, although too late without much prep in that setting going into quali


we'll see tomorrow in terms of the race, if i can drive more clean laps and move up slowly each lap, maybe some points for us, if i could give Juri some DRS behind me in the slipstream should also try that

[Nicky91]

tomorrow the saudi race


and once that is done, me finally getting my floor upgrade for my car just in time before the Australian GP



am sure that Australia, Spain, Netherlands, UK are more my cup of tea tracks, wider turns, bigger tracks rather than the smaller Saudi, Azerbaijan, Monaco ones (i really hate azeri's track, those turns are a literal like HOW?)



am loving the enhanced graphics, and how much easier it is on controller compared to F1 2021


loving the selection of music too in the menu

[arista]

GTA5 on PS5

Loving my new Axe
weapon

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

GTA5 on PS5

Loving my new Axe
weapon

Come on, brother. We need to play online together. I'd die a happy man if I could be in a PS party with my main homie.

[arista]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Come on, brother. We need to play online together. I'd die a happy man if I could be in a PS party with my main homie.

Sorry
can not happen.

To many other Screens on at the same time.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

Sorry
can not happen.

To many other Screens on at the same time.

Just have one screen on, then we can jump into a party and kill some suspicious looking hookers together.

utter bliss

[Merry Mockmas]

I've tried two Games over the last couple of days.

Silent Hill: The Short Message

Now I'm grateful to Konami for making this a free game, especially in a day and age where AAA companies can scam Ł60-70 out of people for three hour campaigns (and ironically this Silent Hill Game is only slightly shorter) and the Game does have it's merits imo, which isn't bad at all for a free to play Game, there are genuinely good things about the Game.

Pros:
1. Good Horror Atmosphere - It's more of an Outlast type of atmosphere than a traditional Silent Hill vibe imo, but still you feel tense playing it, which is what a good Horror Game should feel like imo.

2. The mysteries and ambiguity of the story is a classic Silent Hill feature that I really enjoyed about the Game, and was nostalgic to see return.

3. I know that some of the critics didn't like this element of the Game, but I thought that the chase segments were fun, of course I was livid when going through it, but after calming down I honestly felt like those sections were probably the highlight of the Game for me.

Con:
1. The characters and overall story were very California in some ways, let's put it that way, it actually would distract me from the story at times it was that noticeable.

And I tried:

Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions

Like with Dragon Ball Fusions and Inazuma Eleven Go!, I had never watched or took part in anything related to Captain Tsubasa before, but because it's Football I gave it a shot, no pun intended.

Now this Game was a miss for me, I felt that whilst I liked the story and some of the characters. The overall gameplay was absolutely shambolic imo, I get that it's trying to be like Inazuma Eleven with how eccentric it's trying to be, but where I feel like Captain Tsubasa fails.

Cons:
1. The shooting mechanic is absolutely terrible, the normal shots have next to no chance of going in the back of the net, and the special shots are hard to pull off because the opposition will most of the time tackle you before the meter builds up.

2. On at least three different occasions I had perfect opportunities to score, and the Game would go into a cutscene, thus killing off my opportunity to score. Plus on one of these occasions it led to the opposition scoring a goal within one of the cut scenes.

3. Forget strategy/formation/tactical manoeuvring (at least in any kind of Football sense) because if the opposition team wants to score, they'll score. Which brings me to number 4.

4. Forget tackling in this Game as it's a lottery on if the tackling even works. Like for example against the Tachibana Twins, one of their team's players had three players surrounding him (which I thought was a risky, but worthy strategy) because at this point I was winning 2-1 (despite giving them a cut scene goal) but the Game made out that not, one, not two, but all three of my players just magically couldn't tackle the opposition player, he then crosses the ball to the twins, and they use their overpowered move to make it 2-2.

The idea of a more aggressive tackling system I do approve of, but it did need to be implemented better into the Game imo.

And ultimately it did just feel like the Game stacks the odds too heavily in the CPU's favour, obviously it's not impossible to beat the Game, as other people have done it. But to me I just don't think that it's worth my time playing a Game that cheaply stops a player from progressing through the Game.

[Zizu]

Sooooo

I just fired up Steam for old times sake


Had a 15 minute blast on Counter Strike and got the feeling I was playing BOTS ??!?

I asked a few questions and nobody replied

Any thoughts


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[bots]

i can assure you it wasn't me

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i can assure you it wasn't me

I did wonder


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[Nicky91]

australian GP


woop woop


my 2nd win


currently in the lead with 50pts, same as Max Verstappen but i have 2 wins



azerbaijan gp up next (and now i do have my upgrades, which had failed the week before, my team needed more time getting those done)



my teammate Juri in 20th and last out of those who finished

[Nicky91]

woop woop

Azerbaijan GP won that, just ahead of Max Verstappen and George Russell


i need new upgrades though now for my engine, ahead of Miami


2 main race wins, 1 sprint race win so far


my teammate Juri Vips, so far not bad either i guess just bad luck in terms of results, he managed to outqualify me here in Baku though



as for Miami, not sure what to expect here tricky corners, weird track thats for sure but i already gathered some points to please the sponsors so


am at 6.3 million now

[Nicky91]

had my first bit of playing Until Dawn


the Freddie Mercury actor Rami Malek and Scream actress Hayden Panettiere and Agents of Shield star Brett Dalton


but also Peter Stormare


wow, it deffo feels like a horror film, cabin in the woods 2.0 vibe

[Nicky91]

oh my god

Spoiler:

me as ''Mike'' made it to Jess in time however she fell down an elevator shaft in the mine


with the saw, and the choice of who to save as ''Chris'' Ashley or Josh, i chose Ashley because Chris has feelings for her duh although he also had a bit of a bromance with Josh so it was a tough decision no one wants to make really

am also loving Peter Stormare's role as Dr Hill, now i know

Spoiler:

he's talking to The Psycho

as for my playing experience with QTE's, hmm hit and miss kinda, but i'm decent-ish with time limit events i think (for now)


am also getting closer to the psycho's identity

Spoiler:

- Most Wanted poster
- death threat on the back of Hannah/Beth photo
- old gas mask

[user104658]

The QTE's in Until Dawn are slightly terrible and a bit buggy, you can fail them even though you did nothing wrong.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

The QTE's in Until Dawn are slightly terrible and a bit buggy, you can fail them even though you did nothing wrong.

This.

It is a very good Game though despite that flaw imo.

I'm on the 5th world in Pac-Man World: Re-Pac, and it's been really fun so far.

I kind of miss those old school Platformers.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

The QTE's in Until Dawn are slightly terrible and a bit buggy, you can fail them even though you did nothing wrong.

i managed to do fine in the mines

Spoiler:

Saving Emily, she only got bitten though, because i missed the flare gun lol back in the radio tower idk where it was so yeah Matt died, only death so far for me for now, because i managed to get to Jessica in time

Spoiler:

i have a high enough romance level with Ashley as Chris, so she had let me in the house instead of out there with the wendigo

i spared Emily instead of shooting her as Mike, well thankfully so since that bite wasn't a big problem anyway

Emily is a bit of a bitch but tbh she is a survivor when it comes down to it

i am loving these scenes, the QTE's not a huge difficulty for me, also with shooting the wendigos i mean, its not that fast paced